Archive for July, 2018

We try and keep our homes as neat and clean as possible but sometimes it can be really hard. It’s difficult enough to keep the inside of your home neat without trying to keep the outside clean as well. For example, it’s hard enough to keep your residential wood boiler system safe and functioning while also doing laundry and trying to make sure you cook dinner on time. But, as hard it can be, keeping a clean home is worth it, both inside and outside. It just takes a certain balance of responsibility between what needs to be done in the moment and what can be done a little bit later. Let’s take a look at a hypothetical family, the Smiths. The Smiths live in a large rural home, maybe somewhere in Alabama or Kentucky. They are surrounded by a large lawn all around their house and, beyond that, their own section of wild woods. Now, with a large country style home, keeping the inside clean is going to be a chore in and of itself. Maybe they need to maintain their residential wood boiler syst

Energy efficient is a phrase that seems to be everywhere. The more energy efficient something is the more people want it. Saving energy saves time and money. Much energy talk revolves around lighting. This can lead to confusion as to what lighting is best. Differences between different types of light goes far beyond color, shape and light quality. Whether concerning parking garage lighting, roadway lighting or even lighting in your home, we’ve compared the differences between HID and LED lighting below. Read on to see the differences in energy efficiency and more.

Life Expectancy

The typical life expectancy of an HID light is 15,000 up to 25,000 hours. The life expectancy of LED lighting is at least 50,000 however many lasted closer to 100,000 hours. As shown LED lights can last up to ten times longer than HID lights.

Warm up

Ever turned on a light and had to wait for it to become bright enough that you could actually see? HID

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Claude Rodriquez

a lot of people dont realize how much money they lose when they use aluminum siding. that stuff costs more in lost energy than vinyl siding would cost for two houses! wake up and smell the coffee people

Steve Parks

Florida is a beautiful place to live with gorgeous weather, Orlando being no exception. I’ve been heavily considering moving my business to the area to get away from the horrendous winters where we’re set up now. Definitely worth a call to a realtor.

I have tried that myself. It basically worked and I was able to paint over the permanent stains that were left behind. You can’t always afford to hire someone when you live in Florida. Contractors aren’t cheap.